Cls55 bleed brakes
12-01-2019, 10:53 AM
#1
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Cls55 bleed brakes
Hello
just want to dubble check before i get to work on replaceing brake fluid on cls 55.
is it enough to turn off sbc using icarsoft mbII when bleeding the brakes using vacuum suction tool? Sucking fluid from the nipple, not a power blender which making pressure form above.
just want to dubble check before i get to work on replaceing brake fluid on cls 55.
is it enough to turn off sbc using icarsoft mbII when bleeding the brakes using vacuum suction tool? Sucking fluid from the nipple, not a power blender which making pressure form above.
12-02-2019, 01:16 AM
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I thought/hoped that mbII opened all the valves but no. 
i will just leave it until i get star. Thanks!
i will just leave it until i get star. Thanks!
12-02-2019, 06:18 AM
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Before I got the star computer, I did mine with a turkey baster for the reservoir, then put a clear tube on the bleeders one at a time and bleed them with gravity into a jar. Takes about 2 hours per wheel to run clean, then had my wife cycle the key and step on the brake once or twice for each wheel while I opened and closed the bleeder like a normal brake system to make sure there were no bubbles in the calipers. It takes all day, but if your in the shop anyway, it's minimal hassle. Just check your jar every half hour. The computer freaks out with each wheel thinking there is a leak, but the messages go away once you start driving it. Kind of shade tree I know, but clean fluid with minimum hassle. I'll probably do it that way again even though I have star and a pressure bleeder.
Forgot to mention, you only get one squirt each time you start the car. Use it at the end in case any air got in around the bleeder threads. Takes a helper like normal brakes.
Forgot to mention, you only get one squirt each time you start the car. Use it at the end in case any air got in around the bleeder threads. Takes a helper like normal brakes.
Last edited by StarvingArtist; 12-02-2019 at 10:03 AM.
12-02-2019, 06:20 AM
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12-02-2019, 11:42 AM
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Before I got the star computer, I did mine with a turkey baster for the reservoir, then put a clear tube on the bleeders one at a time and bleed them with gravity into a jar. Takes about 2 hours per wheel to run clean, then had my wife cycle the key and step on the brake once or twice for each wheel while I opened and closed the bleeder like a normal brake system to make sure there were no bubbles in the calipers. It takes all day, but if your in the shop anyway, it's minimal hassle. Just check your jar every half hour. The computer freaks out with each wheel thinking there is a leak, but the messages go away once you start driving it. Kind of shade tree I know, but clean fluid with minimum hassle. I'll probably do it that way again even though I have star and a pressure bleeder.
Forgot to mention, you only get one squirt each time you start the car. Use it at the end in case any air got in around the bleeder threads. Takes a helper like normal brakes.
Forgot to mention, you only get one squirt each time you start the car. Use it at the end in case any air got in around the bleeder threads. Takes a helper like normal brakes.
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CL55 UPD Cold Air Boost kit, UPD 3000 stall converter, UPD 77mm SC clutched pulley and beltwrap kit, Custom long tubes, UPD crank pulley , UPD suspension kit, UPD SC pulley, Aux. HE, Trunk tank w/rule 2000 pump, Mezeire pump, UPD 5pc idler set, Aluminum rotor hats.
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